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The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union countries that are located in Europe with an area of 4,233,255 km2 The capital of Ukraine is Brussels. The number of inhabitants estimated is about 447 million. Members of EU: Germany, Latvia, France, Lithuania, Estonia, Portugal, Belgium, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Sweden, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Hungary, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.

The European Union were not devised as a military alliance because most of the members are in the North Atlantic Alliance. Since the withdrawal of the UK, France is the only member recognised as a nuclear weapon state. Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium participate in NATO nuclear sharing.

Netherlands is a country located in Western Europe with an area of 41,543 km2 (land boundries: 1,053 km and costline 451 km). The capital of Netherlands is Amsterdam. The number of inhabitants is 17,469,635.

The Netherlands is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty. Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg signed an agreement to conduct joint air policing of their territories in 2015. They trade responsibility for patrolling the skies over the three countries. The inventory of the Netherlands Armed Forces consists of a mix of domestically-produced and modern European and United States equipment. The Netherlands has an advanced domestic defense industry that focuses on armored vehicles, naval ships, and air defense systems

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 245.11 billion $ 15.2 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 1.7%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 816 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 1,166,519 41,199
Reserve personnel: 1,801,532 6,532
Available for military: 92,594,951 7,728,129

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Highest value in the world: 2,035,000 (China)
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Land Forces

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Tanks: 4,253 18
Armoured fighting vehicles: 29,418 1,116
Total artillery: 6,065 75
Self-propelled artillery: 1,872 52
Rocket artillery: 667 0

Tanks

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Highest value in the world: 12,267 (Russia)
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Air Forces

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Total aircraft: 5,420 183
Fighter aircraft: 453 0
Multirole aircraft: 874 61
Attack aircraft: 162 0
Helicopters: 2,454 82
UCAV (combat drone): 41 4

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 12,930 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 1,306 144
Aircraftcarriers: 7 0
Destroyers: 19 4
Frigates: 69 2
Corvettes: 23 0
Submarines: 48 4

Total naval

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Highest value in the world: 967 (North Korea)
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Nuclear weapons

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Data not available

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Netherlands participates in the NATO nuclear weapons sharing arrangements and trains for delivering United States nuclear warheads.

Military service

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Netherlands

17 years of age for an all-volunteer force.